Today, when you order "Porthole (DVD and Gimmick) by Darryl Vanamburg", you'll instantly be emailed a Penguin Magic gift certificate. You can spend it on anything you like at Penguin, just like cash. Just complete your order as normal, and within seconds you'll get an email with your gift certificate.

Stop what you're doing right now and WATCH THE TRAILER. You'll see a punched hole MOVE, BY ITSELF, from one end of a card to another. The card is signed and given away after the effect. Never, EVER, has a moving hole effect looked so visual.

Porthole comes with the precision-made prop you need to perform the effect, and it will last a lifetime. The apparatus takes care of everything for you--no sleights required at all.

Some more things to consider:

You start and finish completely clean

You can perform "Porthole" surrounded.

Easy To Do

No Threads - No Wires

You can perform this with playing cards, business cards or Similar.

No forces - No Switch

Performance and explanation footage included in DVD.

We shy away from using words like "ultimate" or "definitive" but it's hard to imagine a cleaner version of the moving hole plot. This looks as close to real magic as you can get!

"Porthole is one of the coolest new effects I've seen in a long time. It totally freaked me out when Darryl showed it to me. I've Not been blown away by an effect in a long time and this one did it !!!" - Roy Kueppers

"The Best Animating Hole I've Seen. A Real Worker!" - Robert Barna - Professional Magician

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on October 20th, 2013

I think there will definitely be some over analyzed skepticism over this method of this effect, but
I can assure you I've played with many different methods and bought many different ones published.
To date this and "the Hole" by peter eggink are the best overall... They both have there fine
points, either way I'd recommend anyone whos seriously looking into working the "hole" plot to get
both methods. Since this is a Porthole review I will go to say that overall porthole is the cleanest
method I've seen.. you are totally clean and free with your hands, and the deck is not prepared in
anyway. No gimmicked cards!!! The only gimmick is completely disguised and will never be noticed...
the moment the actual gimmick is brought into play is on an offbeat and will NEVER be noticed... you
animate the hole just as it would look and bam... your clean... both hands are empty and the card is
100% examinable... doesn't get much better! Plus Daryl includes everything you need to get started.
Overall GREAT effect!

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on October 27th, 2013

I love the moving hole plot. I have just about every version. This is a very clean and easy way to
get a visual hole to move across a card before handing it out. Porthole is also the perfect follow
up to S.T.C. I highly recommend Porthole if you want a clean visual Moving Hole.

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on November 13th, 2013

this is one GREAT TRICK!
There are so many possibilities with this!
Think of doing your
favorite ambitious card
routine and hit them with this! Give the card
out to the spectator.
The gimmick is so clever.
Well worth the price for a true miracle!
Buy this!

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on January 31st, 2015

It does take a little time to create the gimmick, but it's worth it. Great concept. I received a
different "moving hole in a card" trick for Christmas but it wasn't as good a concept as this. The
overall handling is pretty easy. I'm still working on getting some of the maneuvers smoother but
once I have it down, it will be great to perform. I like that there were extra supplies to create
both a red & blue bicycle gimmick. I could have used a little more glue to be able to make a third.
I would definitely recommend this trick to anyone.

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on March 5th, 2015

When I first received Porthole I was surprised by the heft of the DVD. As soon as I opened it I was
amazed by the treasure trove of goodies inside. Mr. Vanamburg certainly has won me over with the
quantity and quality of accessories he included with this effect. This was definitely not one of
those "gotta pay the mortgage so I better crank out some bit of theoretical fluff" tricks that many
other magicians are so apt to do, along with their patent 6 minute DVDs shot with a cell phone
camera. Mr. Vanamburg has put a great deal of thought into this and it shows. Likely any experienced
magician who watches the trailer can decipher the method, BUT you will not be able to recreate all
that has gone into making this particular effect a real worker. This is worth purchasing, not only
to support Mr. Vanamburg in future endeavours but to avail yourself of the ingenious accoutrements
that accompany this wonderful magic effect. I thought long and hard before I ordered this, and as
too rarely happens.....I'm very glad I did